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Tell Cristian, what do you want to do?
[I want to play with the 'Wrestling Guys']
Two days after having the device, Enrique got ill.
We took him to the doctors and...
we couldn't figure out what he wanted...
and we realized 'oh we have a device now'.
So we gave him the device and we said, 'What do you want?'
Is this Superman?
So he touches the device and he says, 'Please be quiet'.
And I looked at my husband and I said...
there is no way he knows what that means...
he just got the device two days ago.
Give it to me.
[No]
My husband said, 'He has never been able to vocalize, 'please be quiet''.
He said, 'Maybe he does, can you ask him again?'
So I said, 'Enrique, you want mommy and daddy to be quiet?'
And he takes the iPad and he goes onto...
the opening app of Proloquo2Go...
and he goes, 'Yes. Thank you. I'm sorry'.
And that is when we realized...
he understands exactly, and he knows what he wants.
[I want to read a book please]
Great, what books do you like?
What's your favorite book?
His progression in language and speech..
has been miraculous, because we...
started with just one word, and he is...
now creating full grammatically correct sentences.
The Proloquo2Go has really allowed...
us to see how unique Enrique is...
and how keen his visual memory is.
With the keyboard, can you spell your name?
He remembers where things are in the device...
and is able to access things that the professionals...
don't remember where they were and he knows...
and he gets it immediately.
You show him something once and he has it.
[Enrique]
Very nice!
Can you use the keyboard again?
How old are you?
The other children at school...
like whenever they would pass by, they would...
always just cringe sometimes in fear.
They thought that was a little bit... like freaky...
and little creepy that he wasn't able to speak.
And now, since he has a voice, they're not...
afraid to speak to him.
Just seeing...
everybody just care for him now, it makes me...
a lot more confident, that he is going...
to have a definitely better future.
He understood everything I have been saying...
to him for the past 9 and half years.
And thanks now to the Proloquo2Go
[Goodbye]
He was able to express to me how he felt...
what he wanted, what he needed, his desires...
There's no more guessing anymore.